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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --   A man from Battlefield was indicted by a federal grand jury for a $785,200 scheme to defraud his employer.  Travis Honaker, 35, is charged in a 25-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Tuesday.  Investigators believe Honaker defrauded his employer, Success Leasing, (or its affiliated company, Prime, Inc.), in Springfield, by causing 109 wire transfers totaling $785,200 to be made to his bank accounts from the sale of used vehicles and equipment between August 2007 and December 2011.  Honaker is charged with 12 counts of wire fraud and 13 counts of money laundering.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Thursday marks 20 years since three women disappeared hours after two of them graduated from Kickapoo High School.  It was June 7, 1992, when police police began searching for Stacy McCall , Suzy Streeter , and Sheril Levitt.  They continue to try to solve the case today. A vigil on Thursday morning at the Victims Memorial Garden at Phelps Grove Park included both friends and family, as well as several officers from the Springfield Police Department who have been working the case.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Officers from the Springfield Police Department and School Police Services responded to alarms inside Kickapoo High School around 2 a.m., Tuesday morning. As they were establishing a perimeter, a man exited the northwest part of the building and was taken into custody. Tom Tucker, Director of School Police Services, says the doors were secure and officers are investigationg how the man was able to get inside.

Increased patrolling for drunk drivers is coming to Springfield and surrounding Greene County. Later this week, the Greene County Sheriff's Office and the Springfield Police Department plan to introduce new DWI enforcement units.  The extra help is made possible through funding from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Law officers, along with MoDOT and the local chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, will hold a press briefing on Thursday to detail the plans.    

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a reported threat to kill Gov. Jay Nixon. A spokesman for the patrol says the threat came from a someone in Springfield.  Investigators say the Springfield Police Department passed on a report about the threat on Tuesday afternoon.  The Missouri Highway Patrol says it remains an ongoing investigation.  Governor Nixon was re-elected to a second-term in office in November.  The...

SPRINGFIELD-- Fourteen people were arrested for driving drunk overnight in Springfield. The busts were the result of a DWI checkpoint set up at Kansas Expressway and Walnut Lawn. The checkpoint opened at 10:30pm on the 22nd, and closed at 2:30am on the 23rd. Officers from the Springfield Police Department and the Greene County Sheriff's Office stopped 1,151 vehicles during the checkpoint. Other arrests included 7 for drug related offenses, 11 traffic related arrests, and 1 warrant arrest.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The driver of a pickup told city police that a man shot at him at the intersection of Broadway Avenue at Central Street on Wednesday afternoon.  The driver told an officer that he sped away, hit a tree and stopped near Central at Grant Avenue. Cpl. Matt Brown, a spokesman for the Springfield Police Department, says the pickup driver described the shooter simply as black and wearing dreadlocks.  Officers canvassed the neighborhood to see if neighbors saw anything.  Investigators found shell casings near the intersection of Broadway at Central.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Springfield Police Department said Tuesday afternoon that it's helping the Greene County Sheriff's Department investigate the theft of police equipment, including an AR-15 rifle and a Remington 870 shotgun, possible similar to those in the photographs.  Someone stole the equipment from a Springfield police officer's private vehicle.  The officer thinks the theft was last Saturday or Sunday near the southwest part of the...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Richard Walker, 56, pleaded guilty on Thursday morning for the stabbing death of Angela Baskin in Springfield on July 29, 1982.  Under a plea agreement with prosecutors, Walker likely will get a 20-year prison sentence for second-degree murder. Walker pleaded guilty before Greene County Circuuit Judge Dan Conklin.  Prosecutors say Walker stabbed Baskin outside the Villa Inn Motel on North Glenstone Avenue.  The case remained an open investigation at the Springfield Police Department for 28 years until last fall.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- There will be visible law enforcement activity at Battelfield Mall Sunday evening, April 21st, but it's just a training exercise.  The Springfield Police Department and the Greene County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with Simon Property Group and Valor Security, is conducting a large scale joint active shooter training exercise at Battlefield Mall.  The drill will happen after the mall is closed.  A pre-briefing will...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Crime Stoppers and the Springfield Police Department ask for help in identifying the people in this photograph.  Springfield police are investigating an assault and attempted robbery at the Neighborhood Market, 3536 W. Mt. Vernon St., on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013.  The people in the photo are persons of interest. If you were in the area of these crimes and saw any suspicious people or vehicles at these times, or if you know the people in the photo, you can call Crime Stoppers at (417)

SPRINGFIELD -- A woman, who we will call Sam, has been in and out of domestic abuse relationships for 30 years. "I've had black eyes i've had broken ribs," Sam said. "If you get put down for so long, you begin to believe it and there's no hope. " A few months ago, she had enough and turned to a Springfield shelter for help.     Stories like Sam's are all too familiar to law enforcers. Springfield's 2012 Uniform Crime Report that was released recently shows a 22-percent increase in crimes against people.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Police arrested one man after a chase in east Springfield on Thursday morning.  The man who was driving the car during the chase escaped;  the passenger was arrested. Police say the chase started about 10 a.m. near Sunshine Street at National Avenue.  Detectives were following up on an investigation when they found a man for whom they were looking.  That man and his companion fled in a vehicle which was stolen in Christian County.  Officers did not pursue it. The driver of the vehicle lost control near Oak Grove Avenue at Grand Street and crashed.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The City of Springfield Public Works Streets Division will mobilize a full crew at 6 p.m. to prepare city streets for the predicted precipitation. The City works together with Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) on area roadways. Weather reports predict frozen precipitation starting this evening and pavement temperatures to drop below freezing between 10 p.m. and midnight.  After midnight, Public Works will likely bring in extra staff to monitor the streets and respond to slick calls, according to Ron Bailey, Streets Division interim superintendent.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- New Year's Eve patrols for drunken drivers led to 11 arrests by the Springfield Police Department. The drunken driving stops were a combined effort of regular police officers and specially-assigned DWI officers paid through grant funding from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield Police Department canceled its "Emergency Status" after a morning of winter weather. Police still ask drivers to be cautious, driving the appropriate speed for the current conditions. 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a reported threat to kill Gov. Jay Nixon. A spokesman for the patrol says the threat came from a someone in Springfield.  Investigators say the Springfield Police Department passed on a report about the threat on Tuesday afternoon.  The Missouri Highway Patrol says it remains an ongoing investigation.  Governor Nixon was re-elected to a second-term in office in November.  The...